Whether I’m buying a shoe or a waterproof, a coffee or a helmet I look for sustainability cues. Where is…
Eat, sleep, train, repeat. Or is it: sleep, eat, train, repeat? I’m never quite sure. For cyclists it could just…
In 2016, we ran a blog about cycling etiquette – the things you should know if, for example, you’ve just…
Back in July we looked at some of the active travel schemes the Government launched to encourage more people to…
The proportion of people who cycle to work will grow by one percentage-point in the next three years. It doesn’t…
Have you ever thought about doing a long, hard sportive but decided it was just impossible – physically, mentally and…
Have you ever thought about doing an ironman or really long sportive but decided that it was just impossible –…
It was almost a decade ago that I wheeled my new carbon fibre bike out of a store in south…
It’s been a glorious summer so far with many of us doing more miles than ever before due to lockdown…
Sustainability in sport is always on my mind and as such, I attended the opening of a new research centre…
News that Team Sky has now become Team Ineos will have passed few avid cyclists by. Whether this is a…
I am a sucker for gimmicks. Top of my Christmas list this year was a set of ‘Smellwells’ inserts for…
This week I have been mostly worrying about my midlife crisis. Specifically: where is it? I am 42 and have…
This is the era of plasticphobia, but last week I began to worry about my own sanity when I saw…
I’ve just spent the last 25 minutes flicking through fitness magazines at the WH Smith at Edinburgh train station. I’m…
It’s October, so we’re back into the swing of things with the school run – or rather cycle. Our…
The loch swim last month seems to have (re?) awoken the athlete in me. Or perhaps the water was heavily…
I love open water swimming. So much so, that I live five minutes’ walk from the beach so I can…
So, it’s not coming home, then. That is football isn’t (to those who haven’t followed England’s “brave” lions, and to…
We’ve signed up to the plastic-free pledge. Throughout July we need to avoid single use plastics – the packaging used…
I’m sitting outside a café on Cumbrae, a tiny island off Scotland’s west coast. The intention is to spend the…
Do you trust the labels on the food and drink you buy at the local supermarket? How about the sports…
On your marks, get set … shop This weekend retailers will run four days of mega deals from Black Friday through…
Milk from cows was once marketed as the perfect food. For aspiring young footballers it was touted as the difference…
My wife fell asleep in the car when she was supposed to be helping me at T1 during Celtman. Perhaps…
Appearances can be deceptive. I have found this is often the case when turning up for open water swimming events….
Last week I turned 40. Yes, I know, hard paper round you might say (or more specifically: two children, too…
Have you ever jumped off the bike feeling fresh, only to get 300 metres and find yourself still doing the…
Spectacles. Testicles. Wallet. And watch. That gets me out of the door each morning. But not for long –…
We spoke to roving reporter and age group triathlete Garry Laybourne a few weeks ago about the huge gains you…
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Dr Garry Palmer’s blog for The Draft, ‘Is The Coffee Stop Killing Your Ride?‘, created a bit of a social…